Jeffrey C. Hamilton ’85

Jeff, a Certified Public Accountant, currently specializes in corporate, individual, partnership, and non-for-profit tax compliance and consulting as a Tax Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Shortly after graduation, Jeff began working as an Audit Associate with Coopers & Lybrand (which later merged with Price Waterhouse to become PricewaterhouseCoopers), and within a few years was transferred to the tax department as Tax Senior. From there he became Manager, then Senior Manager, and in 1999 he was asked to join the partnership.

Jeff recently served on the Audit Committee at The College of Saint Rose. Other volunteer activities have included serving as treasurer for the Cathedral Church of All Saints Albany, participating on the Executive Leadership Team for the Capital Region Walk for the American Heart Association, and with the Helderburg House first as a Board of Directors member, then as treasurer for a year and then as president for a year.

To Jeff, his time as a Saint Rose student proved to be a formative part of his life’s path. Not only did Jeff meet his wife, Barbara Gorman `86 (BS, Business Administration), at the College, but he came to realize his future in accounting thanks to the discipline and enthusiasm demonstrated by his professors:

“The College of Saint Rose was where I became serious about my career path. I had several excellent instructors that really got me excited about a career in accounting, by sharing their practical personal experiences in the classroom. They helped their students better understand what a career in accounting could be and how important your education was in getting you there. On the first day of Intermediate Accounting II, Professor Don Dean told us, ‘...if you don't get a least a B in this class, you should give up on the idea of being a CPA.’ I remember this really focusing me on how important what you can learn in College can be to your future career.”